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Jupiter Bound
Featured on April 10, 2023
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) keeps its eyes on Jupiter and the giant planet's four largest moons in this artist's concept. Scheduled for launch April 13, JUICE will make a series of close passes by the moons Ganymede (foreground), Europa (partially covering Jupiter), and Callisto (right) before settling into orbit around Ganymede. (The fourth moon, Io, at left, is not a target for the mission.) The three moons may have oceans of liquid water below their icy crusts, and JUICE will try to confirm them. [ESO/VPHAS+ team, et al.]
